Safari Ltd.: New for 2018

[Daspletotyrannus]

What if the hand is what ever that feathered thing that showed up in Europe on the YouTube video.  If that the case what lived in Europe that will most likely fit the bill.

[Halichoeres]

That would be hilarious if the feathered hand was that of a harpy. I don't think it's likely, but it would be funny.

So let me recap what we know so far.
Confirmed:
Daeodon and Mastodon
Leaked:
Hyenadon
Unknown:
Sauropod with tiger colors
Prehistoric bird/theropod dinosaur with gray feet
A green and blue feathered dinosaur (possibly a dromeosaur or an oviraptorid

If I may amend:
Leaked: mastodon
Daeodon
Blurry video:
Hyaenodon?
Teaser photos:
titanosaurid
probable maniraptoran, maybe a troodontid based on ZoPteryx's post.

[PaleoMatt]

YES GIVE US A TROODONTID PLEASE. Maybe Safari has made a Troodon and if so I wonder if it will be renamed to Stenonychosaurus or maybe it's too late.

[Cephalopod]

Think its a balaur

[AcroSauroTaurus]

I think it could be an ornithomimid, the long middle finger suggests so. Its not Caudipteryx, its not Balaur(Balaur only has 2 fingers.)

[Daspletotyrannus]

I think it could be an ornithomimid, the long middle finger suggests so. Its not Caudipteryx, its not Balaur(Balaur only has 2 fingers.)

That is what I was thinking too. Would be cool if it is a Gallimimus. As popular as Jurassic Park is you would think more figures of it will be around.  As the Tyrannosaurus hunting the Gallimimus herd was my favorite part of the movie. 

[ZoPteryx]

I think it could be an ornithomimid, the long middle finger suggests so. Its not Caudipteryx, its not Balaur(Balaur only has 2 fingers.)

That is what I was thinking too. Would be cool if it is a Gallimimus. As popular as Jurassic Park is you would think more figures of it will be around.  As the Tyrannosaurus hunting the Gallimimus herd was my favorite part of the movie.

As much as I'd like an ornithomimid, they couldn't bend their wrist back like what's shown in the teaser, that's more a feature of pennaraptorans.  Asymmetric primary feathers are also pretty unlikely in ornithomimids.

[AcroSauroTaurus]

I think it could be an ornithomimid, the long middle finger suggests so. Its not Caudipteryx, its not Balaur(Balaur only has 2 fingers.)

That is what I was thinking too. Would be cool if it is a Gallimimus. As popular as Jurassic Park is you would think more figures of it will be around.  As the Tyrannosaurus hunting the Gallimimus herd was my favorite part of the movie.

As much as I'd like an ornithomimid, they couldn't bend their wrist back like what's shown in the teaser, that's more a feature of pennaraptorans.  Asymmetric primary feathers are also pretty unlikely in ornithomimids.

I thought the feathering wasn't right, I just didn't know if the asymmetric primaries were confirmed or not. Could it be a Deinonychus? There was a Deinonychus pack in the Carnegie Line...

[Vidusaurus]

I'm hoping for the new maniraptoran to be a troodontid after we had two new dromaeosaurids last year, but i don't know which one it could conceivably be. Stenonychosaurus has only recently been reinstated as a valid genus, so it probably wouldn't be a Stenonychosaurus unless it was labeled "Troodon". Saurornithoides maybe? Mei?
If it's an Oviraptorosaur, it'll probably be Oviraptor classic, or Anzu (especially if the unreleased sauropod is Alamosaurus and they release updated Triceratops and Ankylosaurus to go with last year's Tyrannosaurus).

[BlueKrono]

The feathered hand looks less oviraptorid than raptor or troodontid to me. The feathers seem longer than what is normally seen with ovis, the coloration is very different from previous ovis and the fingers are too short (though that's not unusual amongst ovi figures). I would be very surprised if it turned out to be one.

That weird mouth has me stumped. I'd be elated if it was some sort of deep sea fish, but neither the morphology nor the color match any that I know of. Tbh it very much reminds me of a nuna - a Star Wars critter from Naboo.

[ZoPteryx]

I think it could be an ornithomimid, the long middle finger suggests so. Its not Caudipteryx, its not Balaur(Balaur only has 2 fingers.)

That is what I was thinking too. Would be cool if it is a Gallimimus. As popular as Jurassic Park is you would think more figures of it will be around.  As the Tyrannosaurus hunting the Gallimimus herd was my favorite part of the movie.

As much as I'd like an ornithomimid, they couldn't bend their wrist back like what's shown in the teaser, that's more a feature of pennaraptorans.  Asymmetric primary feathers are also pretty unlikely in ornithomimids.

I thought the feathering wasn't right, I just didn't know if the asymmetric primaries were confirmed or not. Could it be a Deinonychus? There was a Deinonychus pack in the Carnegie Line...

It certainly could be.  In my research, among dromaeosaurs, Deinonychus and Bambiraptor had the most similar hands to what we see.  I just thought it was unlikely they'd make another dromaeosaur after this year's Velociraptor.

That weird mouth has me stumped. I'd be elated if it was some sort of deep sea fish, but neither the morphology nor the color match any that I know of. Tbh it very much reminds me of a nuna - a Star Wars critter from Naboo.

Pretty sure it's a frogfish, one was teased in that blurry video.  Not quite deep sea, but still pretty cool. 

[PaleoMatt]

Deinonychus seems like a good prediction, it's rather surprising how little figures it has despite it probably being the 3rd most popular raptor after Velociraptor and Utahraptor.

[Halichoeres]

Deinonychus seems like a good prediction, it's rather surprising how little figures it has despite it probably being the 3rd most popular raptor after Velociraptor and Utahraptor.

Before the JP movie, Deinonychus was waaaay more popular. It was in all my books as a kid!

Another teaser photo:


shark fin
seal hind flippers
the top left one I don't know

[Shonisaurus]

I doubt it is but it could be a reprint of the carcharodon megalodon of Safari. The figure had many detractors in the forum in the past and could be making a new one.

Another hope that there are more prehistoric animal figures in those photographs for my part is null, hopefully it was a larger and more detailed carcharodon megalodon.

[bmathison1972]

That top left one is perplexing. Whatever it is attached to seems too thin to be the body of a whale or shark, unless it has a while venter and the thin structure is an optical illusion. I cannot find a match in the stills from the video teaser that matches either.

[BlueKrono]

Zopteryx - I see what you mean about the frogfish; I think you're right. But what is this video people keep alluding to? I can't find it in any of these Safari threads.

[Sim]

That is what I was thinking too. Would be cool if it is a Gallimimus. As popular as Jurassic Park is you would think more figures of it will be around.  As the Tyrannosaurus hunting the Gallimimus herd was my favorite part of the movie.

As much as I'd like an ornithomimid, they couldn't bend their wrist back like what's shown in the teaser, that's more a feature of pennaraptorans.  Asymmetric primary feathers are also pretty unlikely in ornithomimids.

Yes, that kind of feathering alone makes me doubt the figure is an ornithomimid.  However, like both of you I'd like to see Safari make an ornithomimid, they've never made one.  Gallimimus would be great, I'm also surprised there aren't more figures of it considering it appears in both Jurassic Park and Jurassic World.  Funnily enough, one of the very few times I've asked anyone in person what their favourite dinosaur is, they said it's Gallimimus.  I think a Gallimimus figure could prove more popular than one might expect.

I'm hoping for the new maniraptoran to be a troodontid after we had two new dromaeosaurids last year, but i don't know which one it could conceivably be. Stenonychosaurus has only recently been reinstated as a valid genus, so it probably wouldn't be a Stenonychosaurus unless it was labeled "Troodon". Saurornithoides maybe? Mei?

I'd really like to see Safari make a troodontid, they've never made one and neither have CollectA, Papo and Schleich, so there's a gap in the market for it.  My preference would be for some of the Asian species, like Saurornithoides and Zanabazar.  I'd also really like to see Safari make a Deinonychus though, even if not for 2018.  If this new Safari figure was labelled "Troodon", it might still have had its name changed to Stenonychosaurus or Latenivenatrix.  The Safari Vagaceratops had its name changed from Chasmosaurus while it was being made, as Doug Watson explained in Reply #21 here: http://dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=4405.msg130700#msg130700

[AcroSauroTaurus]

Well, the other two are marine animals, so the third one has to be a marine animal as well, so that narrows it down.(not by much) At first I thought it was the tail fluke of a cetacean, but no living cetacean has a tail fluke like that. Could it be a cryptid? Like one of those black lake serpents with the fins? Or perhaps an extinct cetacean?

[Shonisaurus]

Troodon would be a cool and fabulous dinosaur. I only have in my collection the Invicta plastic from the Natural History Museum in London.

[X]

I swear, safari is becoming my new favorite company if they keep revealing hints of dinos I've wanted made for ages.